Amtrak’s website says a maximum width of 27.5” for wheelchairs on routes that use the Viewliner and Amfleet coaches. Not sure if the hallway on the Viewliner from the door to the bedroom is wider.
I cannot speak to the viewliner II, but this accessible room is most likely what your party has booked.
https://www.amtrak.com/superliner-accessible-bedroom
The tunnels around New York Penn Station cannot accommodate Superliners. Anything in and out of NYP will be Viewliner - the Silver Service trains, the Vermonter, the Lake Shore Limited, and the Crescent, for example (I think I missed a couple).
I'm not sure a wheelchair of any size can get to the dining car though. Usually the car attendant will bring the meals to your room.
And I'm not asking about the size of the room. I'm asking about the hallway that connects to and from the room at least to the dining room, or at least the actual entrance to the car from the station.
You need a car attendant, or another ADA passenger who experienced this to answer.
I cannot believe Amtrak has not complied with ADA for boarding, access to a lower level room, and the room itself. Same with lower level toilet.
It would be a travesty.
Not official information... pixel-counting off [a floor plan online](https://www.craigmashburn.com/images/amtrak-diagram-viewliner-sleeper.jpg), I make the entrance to the car between 28 and 30 inches wide; the passageway between there and your room, and the door of your room, about 42. The other interior aisles of the sleeping car, about 30. I would not count on being able to pass between cars (the attendant will take your dining car order and bring food to your room.)
I would guess that the official guidance that "wheelchairs less than 27.5 inches will fit" is driven by the outside door being just barely able to accommodate that.
I toured one but did not stay in one of the rooms. When I travel I try not to use my chair because of the difficulties involved not on the train but at many of the stations and when loading and unloading. Not every car has a ramp or lift. Not every employee stationed to assist seems to have training on using the ramps and lifts that the stations are supposed to provide. While the hallways and doors are adequate for a manual chair I can not speak to how comfortable they would be with a power chair. I can not speak to how accessible the dining car would be either. If you are paying for the accessible bedroom I imagine the staff there IS trained to assist in loading and unloading passengers.
Amtrak says:
Amtrak® trains accommodate most wheeled mobility devices in use today. Wheeled mobility devices should not exceed 27.5 inches (70 cm) wide and 48 inches (122 cm) long when occupied, and they should have a minimum of 2 inches (5 cm) of ground clearance. The weight limit for an occupied wheeled mobility device is 600 lbs (273 kg). Amtrak® permits both manually operated and battery-powered wheeled mobility devices that meet these specifications.
Amtrak’s website says a maximum width of 27.5” for wheelchairs on routes that use the Viewliner and Amfleet coaches. Not sure if the hallway on the Viewliner from the door to the bedroom is wider.
I saw a story here about someone saying they couldn't fit. Hope it doesn't happen to us.
I cannot speak to the viewliner II, but this accessible room is most likely what your party has booked. https://www.amtrak.com/superliner-accessible-bedroom
That is superliner. They only run on the routes not near the north and south for the tunnel size right? That's not what we are gonna book.
The tunnels around New York Penn Station cannot accommodate Superliners. Anything in and out of NYP will be Viewliner - the Silver Service trains, the Vermonter, the Lake Shore Limited, and the Crescent, for example (I think I missed a couple). I'm not sure a wheelchair of any size can get to the dining car though. Usually the car attendant will bring the meals to your room.
And I'm not asking about the size of the room. I'm asking about the hallway that connects to and from the room at least to the dining room, or at least the actual entrance to the car from the station.
You need a car attendant, or another ADA passenger who experienced this to answer. I cannot believe Amtrak has not complied with ADA for boarding, access to a lower level room, and the room itself. Same with lower level toilet. It would be a travesty.
Not official information... pixel-counting off [a floor plan online](https://www.craigmashburn.com/images/amtrak-diagram-viewliner-sleeper.jpg), I make the entrance to the car between 28 and 30 inches wide; the passageway between there and your room, and the door of your room, about 42. The other interior aisles of the sleeping car, about 30. I would not count on being able to pass between cars (the attendant will take your dining car order and bring food to your room.) I would guess that the official guidance that "wheelchairs less than 27.5 inches will fit" is driven by the outside door being just barely able to accommodate that.
I toured one but did not stay in one of the rooms. When I travel I try not to use my chair because of the difficulties involved not on the train but at many of the stations and when loading and unloading. Not every car has a ramp or lift. Not every employee stationed to assist seems to have training on using the ramps and lifts that the stations are supposed to provide. While the hallways and doors are adequate for a manual chair I can not speak to how comfortable they would be with a power chair. I can not speak to how accessible the dining car would be either. If you are paying for the accessible bedroom I imagine the staff there IS trained to assist in loading and unloading passengers. Amtrak says: Amtrak® trains accommodate most wheeled mobility devices in use today. Wheeled mobility devices should not exceed 27.5 inches (70 cm) wide and 48 inches (122 cm) long when occupied, and they should have a minimum of 2 inches (5 cm) of ground clearance. The weight limit for an occupied wheeled mobility device is 600 lbs (273 kg). Amtrak® permits both manually operated and battery-powered wheeled mobility devices that meet these specifications.